The Campus
Carnegie
Mellon is technically in a city. The campus is self-contained and surprisingly
open for a city campus. There is grass and tree and (if you are in the right
dorm) you never have to cross the street. The campus is also fairly safe.
Pittsburgh's crime rate is relatively low compared to the national average.
With relative security and other culture benefits, Pittsburgh has continually
been named one of the country's most livable cities. Because the Carnegie
Mellon campus is so self-contained, it is even safer.
The university has about fifty security
employees. About half are sworn police officers who have the power to make
arrests; the other half are security guards. These guards and officers patrol
the campus (on foot, bike, and in cars) twenty-four hours a day. If something
does happen on campus police will hang up "crime reports" on all of
the bulletin boards and in all of the dorms to keep everybody informed.
In
addition to the campus police, there are many students run safety organizations.
There is an escort shuttle bus (driven by students) that runs within two miles
of the campus and will bring you home if
you don’t want to walk off campus alone. If you feel unsafe walking
across campus alone, you can all safe walk and two students will come and walk
you wherever you need to go.
UNWINDING
Although the academic environment
can get fairly intense, Carnegie Mellon students definitely know how to unwind.
After a full week of classes and schoolwork, everybody's ready to relax and
have some fun. A common stereotype of Carnegie Mellon student is that they can
never tear themselves away from their computers. While everybody here has
probably has a few weekends when they spent much of it working, it is much more
common for students to find other, non work related things to do.
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